<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:17:15"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000000">67:42:17:15</span></a><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001">.  Provider employee records.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0"> </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">A child care provider shall maintain a record for each employee that includes</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">(1)  The employee's name and date of birth;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    (2)  The dates on which the employee began and ended employment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    (3)  </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">Documentation of orientation and ongoing annual training, if the employee provides direct care and supervision of children</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    (4)  A statement that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">        (a)  </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">Defines child abuse and neglect</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">        (b)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">Sets forth the employee s responsibility to report all incidents of child abuse or neglect in accordance with SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-8A-3"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003">26-8A-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-8A-8"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003">26-8A-8</span></a><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">        (c)  </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">Is signed by the employee; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    (5)  </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">The results of the background check</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">All records required by this section must be reviewed and updated at least annually by the provider, made available to the department for verification of the contents, and retained by the provider for six months after the employee leaves the program</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0"> </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">49 SDR 124, effective July 3, 2023</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">(1)(3)</span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    </span><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">    Background check, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:17:13"><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0-000003">67:42:17:13</span></a><span class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd17f18ef-1211-40fa-869c-f8a7e7e841c8000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>